Podgorica Pharmacies

Pharmacies in Podgorica are dense across the city, the centre, Stara Varos, the residential blocks and inside the central shopping centres all carry multiple branches each. The duty roster for the twenty-four-hour rotation is published in the local press and pinned to most pharmacy doors so visitors can find the late-night branch on a given date. Most pharmacies stock the standard European brand-name range alongside the Montenegrin and Serbian generics.

Product prices are typically twenty to thirty per cent below central European levels on prescription medicines and in line on over-the-counter products. Pharmacy staff almost universally speak some English and many speak German, Italian or Russian as a second language. Most pharmacies also handle blood-pressure measurement, blood-sugar testing and basic injection services on a walk-in basis at modest charges. Booking is not needed for routine purchases; the duty branch and the major shopping-centre counters are the safest bets outside working hours.